I just read an article that the FDA is looking into approving the use of GM Salmon Debate” genetically modified salmon for human consumption. (Supposedly, it takes too long to farm salmon. The GM’d salmon would reduce the time by 50%.) This is just gross to me. The idea that scientists are genetically engineering life forms for our food is just beyond me. It’s wrong. And we shouldn’t eat it.
I buy organic whole milk for Zack. I wasn’t going to, but after reading on a carton of Horizon milk that their milk comes from cows that AREN’T cloned got me thinking. Are we drinking milk from cows that have been cloned? That have been artificially genetically engineered? And if our milk is tainted, what else is? Organic milk is very expensive, but I just can’t bring myself to reach for the non-organic milk. (When we visit other people’s houses, I don’t insist on organic milk for him, by the way. Only in my home.)
Isn’t it bad enough that our produce is genetically engineered? I can’t even buy tomato plants that haven’t been subjected to some scientist’s needle. I buy organic soy milk since 90% of our soy is GM’d (genetically modified). And the same is true for corn. And as a side note, do you know how much corn and/or soy derivatives are in our everyday foods? Those two products are in almost everything we eat.
I never thought I would care about buying organic. But I do. For me, for my family, for my children. I’m not a doctor, nor am I a scientist. But I think SOMEONE should look into the astronomically high rates of cancer and what’s in our foods. All the crap preservatives, all the artificial junk you can’t pronounce…all the GM’d bleh.
I wrote a blog post (and it is my most popular by far) about genetically engineering our babies. I think it’s wrong to engineer our children in the way we want them to look, too.
Please, it’s up to us to put a stop to all this nonsense. Say no to genetically engineered specimens of all kinds. It can happen. I saw on a documentary that McDonalds wanted to use GM potatoes. Once the public found out about it and threatened a boycott, McDonalds went back to their old supplier. Make our foods safe again.
(This may sound a little dramatic, but I feel passionate about this. I think there may be a link to the stuff that is put into our foods and the rates of cancer among us. It’s just too much of a coincidence to ignore.) “What else will be GM’d?”
source: http://brandistrand.wordpress.com/2010/09/01/what-else-will-be-gmd/
